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enIdris Elba Plays A Soccer Coach Out To Crush Ebola In New Ad Campaignhttp://hppr.org/post/idris-elba-plays-soccer-coach-out-crush-ebola-new-ad-campaign
<p>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnnU_o010EE</p>Sat, 06 Dec 2014 11:47:00 +0000Jason Beaubien40285 at http://hppr.orgIdris Elba Plays A Soccer Coach Out To Crush Ebola In New Ad CampaignStartling Statistic: Only 8 Patients In Largest Ebola Hospitalhttp://hppr.org/post/startling-statistic-only-8-patients-largest-ebola-hospital
<p>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZusF0x6LnU</p>Wed, 03 Dec 2014 19:20:00 +0000Jason Beaubien40163 at http://hppr.orgStartling Statistic: Only 8 Patients In Largest Ebola HospitalSchool For Husbands Gets Men To Talk About Family Sizehttp://hppr.org/post/school-husbands-gets-men-talk-about-family-size
It's a bunch of guys sitting around talking.<p>About the benefits of birth control.<p>About how a woman should take care of herself when she's pregnant.<p>About breast-feeding.<p>You know, the kind of things guys never talk about.<p>There are 12 of them, sitting in a circle under a tin roof. Some wear long, colorful tunics. Their flip-flops are scattered around the outer edge of the carpet.Thu, 27 Nov 2014 08:50:00 +0000Jason Beaubien39940 at http://hppr.orgSchool For Husbands Gets Men To Talk About Family SizeThe Whole World Is Fat! And That Ends Up Costing $2 Trillion A Yearhttp://hppr.org/post/whole-world-fat-and-ends-costing-two-trillion-year
Obesity used to be an issue primarily in well-off countries. It was one of those things flippantly dismissed as a "first-world problem." Now people are packing on the pounds all over the planet.Thu, 20 Nov 2014 22:30:00 +0000Jason Beaubien39693 at http://hppr.orgThe Whole World Is Fat! And That Ends Up Costing $2 Trillion A YearMali Already Has An Ebola Cluster: Can The Virus Be Stopped?http://hppr.org/post/mali-already-has-ebola-cluster-can-virus-be-stopped
"This is not just one case," says Tom Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "It's a cluster." He's talking about the Ebola situation in Mali, where two people have likely died of the disease in Bamako, the capital, and two others have tested positive.<p>Hundreds more may have been exposed.Fri, 14 Nov 2014 08:32:00 +0000Jason Beaubien39431 at http://hppr.orgMali Already Has An Ebola Cluster: Can The Virus Be Stopped?Mali Is Worried About Ebola, Quarantines Nearly 100http://hppr.org/post/mali-worried-about-ebola-quarantines-nearly-100
Mali slapped quarantine orders on nearly 90 people on Wednesday and closed a mosque and a health facility in an effort to contain an Ebola outbreak.<p>The moves come after a nurse at a private clinic in the capital, Bamako, was confirmed as an Ebola victim.<p>One of the nurse's patients was not tested for Ebola but is now listed as a "probable" case. The 70-year-old grand imam, from the village of Kouremale on the Guinea/Mali border, fell ill in mid-October with an undiagnosed condition.Wed, 12 Nov 2014 20:25:00 +0000Jason Beaubien39360 at http://hppr.orgMali Is Worried About Ebola, Quarantines Nearly 100Guinea Is Seeing More Ebola Cases: Can The Trend Be Stopped?http://hppr.org/post/guinea-seeing-more-ebola-cases-can-trend-be-stopped
In the current Ebola crisis, much of the focus has been on Liberia and Sierra Leone. But the virus also continues to spread in Guinea, where the first case in the current outbreak was identified in March.<p>According to the latest <a href="http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/137510/1/roadmapsitrep_5Nov14_eng.pdf?ua=1">figures</a> from the World Health Organization, Guinea has had fewer cases than either Sierra Leone (4,759) or Liberia (6,525). WHO has recorded 1,731 Ebola cases and 1,041 deaths in Guinea. This, however, is just a few dozen fatalities fewer than in Sierra Leone.Fri, 07 Nov 2014 14:30:00 +0000Jason Beaubien39156 at http://hppr.orgU.S. Military Response To Ebola Gains Momentum In Liberiahttp://hppr.org/post/us-military-response-ebola-gains-momentum-liberia
Two new U.S. Ebola treatment facilities are expected to open in Liberia over the next week. One is a 25-bed field hospital near Monrovia's airport, specifically to treat local health care workers who get infected. The other is a 100-bed Ebola treatment unit, or ETU, in the town of Tubmanburg, north of Monrovia.<p>The 25-bed hospital is finished and set to open this weekend.Wed, 05 Nov 2014 22:32:00 +0000Jason Beaubien39088 at http://hppr.orgU.S. Military Response To Ebola Gains Momentum In LiberiaEbola Researchers Banned From Medical Meeting In New Orleanshttp://hppr.org/post/ebola-researchers-banned-medical-meeting-new-orleans
Louisiana health officials say that anyone who's been in an Ebola-affected country over the last three weeks will be quarantined in their hotel rooms.<p>The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene <a href="http://sherwood-astmh.informz.net/InformzDataService/OnlineVersion/Public?mailingInstanceId=4361797">is telling researchers</a> who've recently traveled to Ebola-affected parts of West Africa that they can't come to the society's annual meeting.Thu, 30 Oct 2014 21:08:00 +0000Jason Beaubien38831 at http://hppr.orgHappy Birthday To Google Doodle Honoree Dr. Jonas Salk!http://hppr.org/post/happy-birthday-google-doodle-honoree-dr-jonas-salk
Jonas Salk was born on October 28, 1914 in New York City. Google is celebrating the birth of the man who developed a polio vaccine with a special Google <a href="https://www.google.com/">doodle</a>.<p>During the fervor of the current Ebola outbreak, it seems like a good moment to tip our hats to one of the heroes of an earlier epidemic. Salk developed a vaccine for polio in 1953.Tue, 28 Oct 2014 16:51:00 +0000Jason Beaubien38732 at http://hppr.orgMedical Journal To Governors: You're Wrong About Ebola Quarantinehttp://hppr.org/post/medical-journal-governors-youre-wrong-about-ebola-quarantine
<p>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iyv5f3yx6c</p>Mon, 27 Oct 2014 21:40:00 +0000Jason Beaubien38705 at http://hppr.orgMedical Journal To Governors: You're Wrong About Ebola QuarantineBack On Its Feet, A Liberian Hospital Aims To Keep Ebola Outhttp://hppr.org/post/back-its-feet-liberian-hospital-aims-keep-ebola-out
John F. Kennedy Memorial Hospital is the largest public hospital in Liberia. It has a trauma unit, a maternity ward and an outpatient clinic that serves hundreds a day.<p>But there's one illness that the facility won't treat: Ebola. JFK is not equipped to treat or contain it if it gets inside their wards.Tue, 14 Oct 2014 20:27:00 +0000Jason Beaubien38223 at http://hppr.orgBack On Its Feet, A Liberian Hospital Aims To Keep Ebola OutOn Front Lines Against Ebola, Training A Matter Of Life Or Deathhttp://hppr.org/post/front-lines-against-ebola-training-matter-life-or-death
One of the biggest roadblocks in West Africa to containing the Ebola outbreak is the lack of isolation wards for people who are infected.<p>President Obama has announced plans to build 17 new Ebola Treatment Units in Liberia. Those new medical facilities will require thousands of additional workers who are trained and willing to work in them.<p>In Monrovia, efforts are also underway to start training local doctors, nurses and janitors on how to safely take care of patients who are sick with the deadly disease.Mon, 13 Oct 2014 07:25:00 +0000Jason Beaubien38164 at http://hppr.orgOn Front Lines Against Ebola, Training A Matter Of Life Or DeathLiberian Singers Use The Power Of Music To Raise Ebola Awarenesshttp://hppr.org/post/liberian-singers-use-power-music-raise-ebola-awareness
In West Africa, one of the simplest ways to slow the Ebola outbreak is to educate people about how to keep from getting infected with the virus. Now, there are some signs that Ebola awareness is indeed driving down the number of cases in parts of Liberia — and Liberian musicians and DJs may deserve some of the credit.<p>The airwaves in Liberia are saturated with songs about this disease. Early on in the epidemic the government and aid agencies commissioned public awareness songs but they actually ended up terrifying people. The message: There's no cure. Don't touch anybody.Sun, 12 Oct 2014 20:55:00 +0000Jason Beaubien38158 at http://hppr.orgLiberian Singers Use The Power Of Music To Raise Ebola AwarenessA Liberian Doctor Comes Up With His Own Ebola Regimenhttp://hppr.org/post/liberian-doctor-comes-his-own-ebola-regimen
Dr. Gabriel Logan is a bundle of energy. Wearing a yellow dress shirt untucked from his slacks, he races around the Liberian government hospital compound in Tubmanburg, north of the capital, Monrovia.<p>He also moves fast on the medical front, experimenting with his own idea of treatment for Ebola patients.<p>Back in July this hospital, which was the main medical facility for the region, was closed after 10 of the staffers got sick with Ebola.<p>"We sent them to Monrovia," he says.Fri, 10 Oct 2014 20:34:43 +0000Jason Beaubien38100 at http://hppr.orgA Liberian Doctor Comes Up With His Own Ebola RegimenFond Memories Of Ebola Victim Eric Duncan, Anger Over His Deathhttp://hppr.org/post/fond-memories-ebola-victim-eric-duncan-anger-over-his-death
He liked to joke around with his neighbors. And he always gave them a helping hand. The neighbors that Thomas Eric Duncan's generous spirit is what cost him his life.<p>Duncan, 42, was the first person diagnosed with Ebola in the United States and the first to die of the disease on American soil. He likely contracted the disease in Liberia when he carried a pregnant woman, sick with Ebola, into her house after no clinic would admit her.<p>That was just before Sept. 19, when Duncan flew from Monrovia to Dallas with stopovers in Brussels and Washington, D.C.Thu, 09 Oct 2014 09:04:00 +0000Jason Beaubien38031 at http://hppr.orgFond Memories Of Ebola Victim Eric Duncan, Anger Over His DeathIn West Africa, U.S. Efforts In Ebola Response Start To Move Forwardhttp://hppr.org/post/west-africa-us-efforts-ebola-response-start-move-forward
<div class="fullattribution">Copyright 2014 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.<img src="http://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=In+West+Africa%2C+U.S.+Efforts+In+Ebola+Response+Start+To+Move+Forward&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDA4MzM1ODU4MDEzMTg5NjcxOTBkZGJhOA004)"/></div><p>Tue, 07 Oct 2014 20:22:00 +0000Jason Beaubien37971 at http://hppr.orgFirestone Did What Governments Have Not: Stopped Ebola In Its Trackshttp://hppr.org/post/firestone-did-what-governments-have-not-stopped-ebola-its-tracks
The classic slogan for Firestone tires was "where the rubber meets the road."<p>When it comes to Ebola, the rubber met the road at the Firestone rubber plantation in Harbel, Liberia.<p>Harbel is a company town not far from the capital city of Monrovia. It was named in 1926 after the founder of the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, Harvey and his wife, Idabelle. Today, Firestone workers and their families make up a community of 80,000 people across the plantation.<p>Firestone detected its first Ebola case on March 30, when an employee's wife arrived from northern Liberia.Mon, 06 Oct 2014 20:27:00 +0000Jason Beaubien37931 at http://hppr.orgFirestone Did What Governments Have Not: Stopped Ebola In Its TracksEurope's 'Moral Obligation' Is To Repair West Africa's Health Care Systemhttp://hppr.org/post/europes-moral-obligation-repair-west-africas-health-care-system
It's not just about Ebola.<p>That's the message from EU Health Commissioner <a href="http://ec.europa.eu/commission_2010-2014/borg/">Tonio Borg.</a> He was in Washington last week to talk about Europe's response to the crisis at a meeting of the <a href="http://www.globalhealth.gov/global-health-topics/global-health-security/">Global Health Security Agenda</a>.Wed, 01 Oct 2014 18:06:00 +0000Jason Beaubien37752 at http://hppr.orgEurope's 'Moral Obligation' Is To Repair West Africa's Health Care SystemHe Fixed South Africa's AIDS Policy, Now He's Out To Fight Salthttp://hppr.org/post/he-fixed-south-africas-aids-policy-now-hes-out-fight-salt
Dr. Aaron Motsoaledi had arrived in the U.S. for a two-week visit. "I'm here to meet influential people," he says energetically despite having just gotten off a transatlantic flight.<p>Motsoaledi became the South African Minister of Health in 2009. He took over a national health system attempting to deal with the worst HIV/AIDS epidemic in the world, with nearly <a href="http://www.avert.org/south-africa-hiv-aids-statistics.htm">30 million cases</a>.Wed, 24 Sep 2014 16:14:00 +0000Jason Beaubien37500 at http://hppr.orgHe Fixed South Africa's AIDS Policy, Now He's Out To Fight SaltEven When Abortion Is Illegal, The Market May Sell Pills For Abortionhttp://hppr.org/post/even-when-abortion-illegal-market-may-sell-abortion-pills
In the central market in San Salvador, you can buy just about anything you want: tomatoes by the wheelbarrow full. Fresh goat's milk straight from the goat. Underwear. Plumbing supplies. Fruit. Hollywood's latest blockbusters burned straight onto a DVD.<p>And in the back of the market, in a small stall lined with jars of dried herbs, roots and mushrooms, you can buy an abortion.<p>"I have all types of plants to treat all kinds of diseases," the woman who runs the shop says through a translator.Tue, 23 Sep 2014 20:24:00 +0000Jason Beaubien37477 at http://hppr.orgEven When Abortion Is Illegal, The Market May Sell Pills For AbortionWhy A Teenage Mom Was Jailed In El Salvador After A Stillbirthhttp://hppr.org/post/why-teenage-mom-was-jailed-el-salvador-miscarriage
<p>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5Tmzo0M3Yk</p>Mon, 22 Sep 2014 21:40:00 +0000Jason Beaubien37436 at http://hppr.orgWhy A Teenage Mom Was Jailed In El Salvador After A StillbirthWill Obama's Plan Bring The Ebola Outbreak Under Control?http://hppr.org/post/will-obamas-plan-bring-ebola-outbreak-under-control
<p>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9n9KSuvMPqk</p>Wed, 17 Sep 2014 08:15:00 +0000Jason Beaubien37243 at http://hppr.orgWill Obama's Plan Bring The Ebola Outbreak Under Control?The Changing Face Of West Africa Has Fueled The Ebola Crisishttp://hppr.org/post/changing-face-west-africa-has-fueled-ebola-crisis
There's been a lot of finger-pointing this week over whom to blame for the slow response to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. Questions are being raised about why this epidemic has spun out of control and turned into the worst Ebola outbreak in history.<p>The inability of local health care providers and international aid groups to contain the virus is part of the problem. But major demographic and environmental changes in Africa are also contributing to the crisis.<p>The Africa of today is far different from the Africa of 1976 when Ebola was first discovered.Fri, 05 Sep 2014 21:17:00 +0000Jason Beaubien36804 at http://hppr.orgThe Changing Face Of West Africa Has Fueled The Ebola CrisisHealth Officials Warn Ebola Is Spreading Faster Than Efforts To Contain Ithttp://hppr.org/post/health-officials-warn-ebola-spreading-faster-efforts-contain-it
<div class="fullattribution">Copyright 2014 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.<img src="http://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=Health+Officials+Warn+Ebola+Is+Spreading+Faster+Than+Efforts+To+Contain+It&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDA1MTczMTM4MDEyNzM1OTUxMzg5ZDUyMw004)"/></div><p>Transcript <p>MELISSA BLOCK, HOST: <p>The World Health Organization is making an urgent plea for volunteers, money and regional cooperation to combat West Africa's Ebola outbreak. The director general of the WHO, Margaret Chan, spoke today in Washington.Wed, 03 Sep 2014 20:19:00 +0000Jason Beaubien36706 at http://hppr.orgA Suspected Ebola Patient On The Run In Liberiahttp://hppr.org/post/suspected-ebola-patient-run-liberia
<p>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-JZEaeOmfE</p>Tue, 02 Sep 2014 21:19:00 +0000Jason Beaubien36655 at http://hppr.orgA Suspected Ebola Patient On The Run In LiberiaTom Frieden's Ebola Assessment: The Risk Is Increasinghttp://hppr.org/post/tom-friedens-ebola-assessment-risk-increasing
The Ebola outbreak has crippled local health systems. It's flooded wards with patients, killed doctors, scared away medical staff and forced some hospitals to shut down entirely.<p>That's the grim assessment of Dr. Tom Frieden, head of the <a href="http://www.cdc.gov">U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention</a>, who's visiting West Africa this week for a firsthand look at the situation.Thu, 28 Aug 2014 20:54:00 +0000Jason Beaubien36476 at http://hppr.orgTom Frieden's Ebola Assessment: The Risk Is IncreasingEbola Shuts Down The Oldest Hospital In Liberiahttp://hppr.org/post/ebola-shuts-down-oldest-hospital-liberia
Hospitals in Africa are almost always teeming with people. In addition to patients waiting for care, friends and relatives are usually gathered on the hospital grounds.<p>But in the Liberian capital Monrovia, Ebola has silenced <a href="http://www.sjcatholichospital.com/">St. Joseph's Catholic Hospital</a>. It is completely shut.<p>Samuel Bowman, 72, is the medical director of the facility. When we met today outside his living quarters at the back of the hospital compound, Bowman had just heard on the radio that Father Miguel Pajares, a Spanish priest who worked at St.Tue, 12 Aug 2014 20:50:00 +0000Jason Beaubien35822 at http://hppr.orgEbola Shuts Down The Oldest Hospital In LiberiaEbola Closes The Doors Of One Of Liberia's Oldest Hospitalshttp://hppr.org/post/ebola-closes-doors-one-liberias-oldest-hospitals
<div class="fullattribution">Copyright 2014 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.<img src="http://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=Ebola+Closes+The+Doors+Of+One+Of+Liberia%27s+Oldest+Hospitals&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDAyNDY5ODMwMDEyMjg3NjMzMTE1ZjE2MA001)"/></div><p>Transcript <p>ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: <p>A Spanish priest who was infected with Ebola in Liberia died today. He spent his final days at a hospital in Madrid, where he'd been evacuated for treatment. Father Miguel Pajares had been working at St. Joseph's Catholic Hospital in the Liberian capital, Monrovia.Tue, 12 Aug 2014 20:05:00 +0000Jason Beaubien35811 at http://hppr.orgHelping Children, Despite Death Threats: A Vaccinator Explainshttp://hppr.org/post/helping-children-despite-death-threats-vaccinator-explains
When my translator and I arrive in a crowded, dusty neighborhood in Karachi, Fatima Noor is waiting in a full black burqa. But she pretends not to see us.<p>She turns down the alley and disappears. We follow her into a neighborhood, where the buildings are so close together that Noor's burqa brushes the walls.<p>Finally she slips into the entryway of a building, and with a sigh of relief, she pulls back her headscarf.<p>Noor is a 42-year-old mother of three.Sun, 03 Aug 2014 13:22:00 +0000Jason Beaubien35410 at http://hppr.orgHelping Children, Despite Death Threats: A Vaccinator Explains